Debates

"The League of Women Voters of Thurston County [WA] has staged an increased number of public forums during this election season for the benefit of Sound Sound voters. ... Partnering with TCTV and The Olympian for different events, the league has taken a leadership role this year in providing opportunities for voters to get to know the candidates and the issues. ... A recent league forum at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts attracted more than 300 people to hear about the Thurston Public Power Initiative. And a similar event for the 10th Congressional District this week drew another large crowd. ... Kudos to this civic-minded group." 

"The Winchester [MA] League of Women Voters’ goals for its Voters’ Day at the Races Candidate Forum are to promote interest in the election, provide a fair forum for candidates and help voters make realistic and informed choices among candidates."

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"The League of Women Voters is hosting gatherings at Castro Valley and San Lorenzo [CA] libraries to watch the presidential debates."

"By a landslide, we elect to offer bouquets of gratitude to the League of Women Voters and San Luis Obispo High School for assisting with last Friday’s Lois Capps/Abel Maldonado forum at The Tribune. League member Marguerite Bader did a superb job as moderator, while other members of the efficient team collected and sorted questions..."

"Twelve League of Women Voters chapters in Fairfield County [CT] will host the debate for the 4th District congressional seat. ... All questions will be presented by moderator Kay Maxwell of Stamford, a former president of the League of Women Voters of the United States..."

 “[Debates] are the only opportunities the voters have to see and hear the candidates talk about the same things at the same time — and to take a real time comparative measure of

"Thoughtful, deliberate and impartial listening with critical thinking is the substance of government called democracy. The League of Women Voters of Juneau, like the more than 800 local Leagues all over America, sponsored such a forum on September 19th."

After a 16 year period in which there were no public presidential debates, the League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) sponsored three presidential debates in 1976.

“Before the 1928 presidential election, the then-new League of Women Voters sponsored a ten-month series of nationally broadcast debates. The candidates did not participate; instead, journalists, scholars, and other politicians argued on their behalf. ... The League of Women Voters, forever on the cutting edge of political astuteness, used radio as an extremely effective methodology for an exchange of ideas during that 10-month series of debates.”